Q: Is 2,378,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,378,760 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 2,378,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 172 215 258 344 430 461 516 645 860 922 1,032 1,290 1,383 1,720 1,844 2,305 2,580 2,766 3,688 4,610 5,160 5,532 6,915 9,220 11,064 13,830 18,440 19,823 27,660 39,646 55,320 59,469 79,292 99,115 118,938 158,584 198,230 237,876 297,345 396,460 475,752 594,690 792,920 1,189,380 and 2,378,760, with no remainder.

Since 2,378,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,378,760, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).